Rachel
Kainy

biography

Born in Israel, 1981
Lives and works in Jerusalem Artsy

Kainy, an Israeli painter and sculptor, was born in 1981 in Kibbutz Nachshon. She is a BA graduate from HaMidrasha Art Academy in Beit Berl, currently lives and works in Ein Karem.
Kainy's painting technique of watercolor and ink, creates a conflict between nature and culture; when the color blots coalesces into remarkable shapes of figures and scenes. Kainy's great virtuosity and talent makes her one of the most significant aquarellists in Israel.
Her works are held at the Israel Museum collection, as well as in private collections in Israel and around the world.

selected works

  • Relations, 2019, mixed Media on Paper, 28x30 cm

  • untitled, 2020, watercolor on paper, 42x29.5 cm

  • untitled, 2020, watercolor on paper, 42x29.5 cm

  • Untitled, 2019, Water color, 60x105 cm

  • Dance, 2019, Water color, 50x70 cm

  • Rachel and Leah, 2019, Mixed media on paper, H 100 cm

  • Setting in Houshols Gods, 2019, Mixed media on paper, H 100 cm

  • Isaac Understands, 2019, Mixed media on paper, H 100 cm

  • Untitled from the Venus and Adonis series, 2016, water color, 21x30 cm

  • Untitled from the Baucis and Philemon series, 2016, watercolor on paper, 30x21 cm

  • Untitled from the Baucis and Philemon series, 2016, watercolor on paper, 30x21 cm

  • Untitled from the Daphna series, 2016, watercolor ink and pencil on paper, 30x21 cm

  • Untitled from the Deadalous series, 2016, watercolor on paper, 30x21 cm

  • Untitled from the Jacob wrestling with the angel series, 2016, watercolor on paper, 30x21 cm

  • Untitled from the Leda and Swan series, 2016, water color on paper, 21x30 cm

  • Untitled from the Orpheus series, 2016, watercolor on paper, 30x21 cm

  • Untitled from the Orpheus series, 2016, watercolor on paper, 30x21 cm

  • Untitled from the Pietà series, 2016, watercolor on paper, 21x30 cm

  • Untitled from the Propoetides series, 2016, watercolor and ink on paper, 21x30 cm

  • Untitled from the Propoetides series, 2016, watercolor and ink on paper, 21x30 cm

  • Untitled from the Propoetides series, 2016, watercolor and ink on paper, 21x30 cm

  • Untitled, 2015, ink and watercolor on paper, 42x30 cm

  • Untitled, 2015, mixed technique on paper, 68x96 cm

  • Untitled, 2015, ink and watercolor on paper, 30x42 cm

  • Untitled, 2015, ink and watercolor on paper, 30x42 cm

  • Untitled, 2015, ink and watercolor on paper, 30x21 cm

  • Untitled, 2015, ink and watercolor on paper, 30x21 cm

  • Untitled, 2015, ink and watercolor on paper, 30x21 cm

  • Untitled, 2015, ink and watercolor on paper, 21x30 cm

  • Untitled, 2015, ink and watercolor on paper, 21x30 cm

  • Untitled, 2012, mixed media sculpted in wax

  • Untitled, 2012, mixed media sculpted in wax

  • Untitled, 2012, mixed media sculpted in wax

  • Untitled, 2012, mixed media sculpted in wax

  • Untitled, 2012, mixed media sculpted in wax

  • Untitled, 2012, mixed media sculpted in wax

  • Untitled, 2012, mixed media sculpted in wax

  • Untitled, 2011, ink and watercolor on paper

  • Untitled, 2011, ink and watercolor on paper, 29x47.5 cm

  • Untitled, 2010, ink and watercolor on paper, 72x347 cm

  • Untitled detail, 2010, ink and watercolor on paper

  • Shapira Neighborhood, 2010, ink and watercolor on paper, 72x95 cm

  • 38 Mesilat Yesharim, 2010, ink and watercolor on paper, 21x30 cm

  • Burning of the Chametz, 2010, ink and watercolor on paper, 56x76 cm

  • Heap, 2010, ink and watercolor on paper

  • Levinsky Garden, 2010, ink and watercolor on paper, 56x76 cm

  • Mummy, 2009, ink and watercolor on paper

  • Tel Aviv Quilt, 2009, ink and watercolor on paper, 21x30 cm

  • Horses, 2010, ink and watercolor on paper, 21x30 cm

  • Untitled , 2010, ink and watercolor on paper, 21x30 cm

  • Untitled, 2009, ink and watercolor on paper

  • Untitled, 2010, ink and water color on paper, 38x56 cm

  • Untitled, 2009, ink and watercolor on paper, 36x48 cm

selected exhibitions

14.05.2021 ― 03.07.2021
Main space

PROJECT ROOTS

group exhibition

17.07.2020 ― 29.08.2020
Main space

Ground Control

group exhibition

29.12.2016 ― 31.12.2016
Main space

Annual End of Year Exhibition 2016

group exhibition

05.08.2016 ― 10.09.2016
Main space

Summer 2016

group exhibition

03.09.2015 ― 10.10.2015
Main space

From the Gallery’s collection

group exhibition

26.10.2012 ― 24.11.2012
Main space

Toward the Surface

group exhibition

03.08.2012 ― 01.09.2012
Main space

Summer 2012

group exhibition

22.07.2011 ― 27.08.2011
Main space

Summer 2011

group exhibition

cv

Education
2004-2008: B.Ed (summa cum laude) in Art Education (the visual arts), The Midrasha School of Art, Beit Berl Academic College, Israel

Solo Exhibitions
2020: Free Immersion, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv
2016: Nothing And The Rest (with Alma Machness Kass), Alfred gallery, Tel Aviv
2015: A Snake is the First Line, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv
2013: Gavra’ah, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012: Teraphim, Tel Aviv Artists’ Studios
2010: The Echo Resides There Ever Since, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv

Grants and Awards
2008: Excellence award, “Graduates’ Exhibition,” The Midrasha School of Art, Beit Berl Academic College, Israel
2005: Excellence award for Fine Art Studies, The Midrasha School of Art, Beit Berl Academic College, Israel

Group Exhibition
2019: Mehuma, Kopferma Collection Museum, Lohamei Hageta’ot
2017: Fantasy, The Art Workshop, Yavne
2017: All Is Well, Ha’kibuutz Israeli Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2017: Vacuum, Gate 3 gallery, Haifa
2015: Gatherer/ Nonfunctional Display, Jerusalem Artists’ House
2015: Fluid Color, City Gallery, Kfar Saba
2013: Couples Exhibition, Hanina Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
2012: Great Wide Open: New and Old in the Collection, Israel Museum,
2011: Nimrod’s Descendants, Jerusalem Artists’ House
2009: Snakes and Ladders, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv
2009: Fresh Paint 2 Contemporary Art Fair, Tel Aviv
2009: New Works, Florentin 45 Contemporary Art Space, Tel Aviv
2008: Intimate Places, Dwek Gallery, Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem
2008: Graduates Exhibition, The Midrasha School of Art, Beit Berl Academic College, Israel
2008: Protected Space, Nachshon Gallery, Kibbutz Nachshon, Israel
2008: White, project room, Tavi Dresdner Gallery, Tel Aviv
2008: The Red Time, Gallery 10—Israeli Art Gallery at Beit Michal, Rehovot, Israel (two-person exhibition with Merav Shin Ben-Alon)
2007: Florentin 45: Exhibition in a Different Space, Florentin 45 Contemporary Art Space, Tel Aviv
2006: Neighbor Next Door: Yiddish in Israeli Contemporary Art, traveling exhibition in Poland and throughout Europ

Press

  • Haaretz
    Author: Avi Pitchon

    A Review by Avi Pitchon

    View LINK
  • Hazman Hayarok
    Author: Shosh Gretz

    ABOUT METAMORPHOSES

  • Haaretz
    Author: Smadar Sheffi

    Fire Nightmare (HEB)

    View PDF
  • Erev Rav
    Author: Yonatan Amir

    Temporary Transparency (HEB)

all artists

Designer: Ayal Zakin Developer: felix007